2014年11月3日 · Homemade firearms have long featured strongly in Indian criminology. Known locally as Kattas or tamanchas, these crude handmade pistols account for up to 30% of firearms related crime.

2022年4月10日 · KOLKATA: Whether it is a youth from Magrahat brandishing a pistol on social media, or the STF busting a fledgling arms factory run by the same gang at Barrackpore and Dumka, or cops arresting local criminals with weapons, one thing seems common — all of them were found dealing in 7.65mm weapons which are the new desi katas (one-shotters).

It's a single-shot pistol anyway, so if you use it for self-defense or need a new gun, you can just shoot it once and throw it away to take the gun from the person you killed. As a result, Indian police are also having a lot of trouble cracking down on these crude pistols.

2019年2月21日 · It’s in the villages of Munger that kattas (homemade guns), duplicate pistols, revolvers and even assault rifles are made and smuggled all over Bihar, and even nearby countries such as Nepal and...

2008年12月15日 · Tamanchas (also known as desi katta, a locally made gun) are, as a friend put it, fully illegal and indigenous weapons that are western Uttar Pradesh’s swadeshi gift to the nation. Priced...

2022年2月23日 · An official posted in the crime branch told TOI that a rugged desi katta from Madhya Pradesh can cost up to Rs 5,000, while a pistol is estimated to be Rs 35,000. The alarming increase in gun violence is also attributed to financial disputes, property mafia and rivalries between petty gangs that often resort to firearms to intimidate each other.

2011年3月6日 · The latest entrant to the illegal arms market is the Bihari katta (country made pistols of 0.315 bore and 0.12 bore being manufactured in Bihar and smuggled to eastern parts of UP) are in great demand among law breakers.

2019年5月11日 · BENGALURU: The ballistic report from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Bengaluru, which had confirmed that the same country made 7.65mm pistol (katta) was used in the murder of Kannada...

2017年12月13日 · NEW DELHI: Homemade firearms - 'Katta' - have long featured strongly in Indian criminology. Earlier, the weapon had shorter range, but now gangs indulging in illegal activities have modified country-made firearms such …

2019年6月15日 · This is an illegal Hand Gun. They are made in 12 Bore and .315 Caliber, mostly. The Katta is unreliable and is known to burst in the hand. Very basic mechanism with 1 Round in the Chamber and A Hammer to Fire the Cartridge which drops on Trigger Pull. They are mostly heavy And look exactly as the ones in the Photo (posted by Russiashooter3).